Welcome to our latest instalment of our weekly pre-match updates for the 2023 Women’s Six Nations where we analyse the weekend’s lineups and crunch the stats to help you optimise your lineups for peak performance this weekend!
Expected to go well
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
HOOKERS
- Neve Jones (Ireland)
- Agathe Sochat (France)
PROPS
- Sarah Bern (England)
- Sara Tounesi (Italy)*
- Charlotte Escudero (France)*
LOCKS
- Zoe Aldcroft (England)
- Audrey Forlani (France)
- Georgia Evans (Wales)
BACK ROW
- Marlie Packer (England) – CAPTAIN
- Alex Matthews (England)
- Sioned Harries (Wales)
- Gaelle Hermet (France)
SCRUM-HALF
- Pauline Bourdon (France)
- Lucy Packer (England)
FLY HALF
- Helen Nelson (Scotland) – TBC
- Veronica Madia (Italy)
CENTRES
- Gabrielle Vernier (France)
- Alyssa D’Inca (Italy)*
- Beatrice Rigoni (Italy)
BACK 3
- Emma Sing (England)
- Jess Breach (England)
- Caroline Boujard (France)
- Abby Dow (England)
A reminder that, unlike other games, the Official Game allows you to completely tear up your team for no points penalty in between rounds. This means you can load your team fully optimised for each round. If you need to make 15 changes, then don’t hold back. Just do it!
Supersub Strategy
For those playing the Official Game, we look at potential options for the SuperSub role.
Ultimately SuperSub is a bit of a lottery. You could luck out if one of the starting XV needs to go off in the early stages of the game, but likewise you could be at the mercy of a coach who decides to leave his backs on the bench for the entire 80 minutes, so you have to play the percentages and consider the risks.
As covered in detail in a previous post, for me the key areas to consider in a SuperSub are…
- Will they come on, and will they play a significant period of time
- How the team has used their bench in previous games
- The split of subs on the bench
- How likely the team are to win
With this in mind, I will be looking to the following candidates to give the SuperSub selection to in Round 5…
- Ellie Kildunne – B3 – England
- Maelle Filopon – C – France
- Alexandre Chambon – SH – France
- Carys Phillips – H – Wales
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